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Mashup Score: 0AI creates ‘unprecedented opportunities’ in health care - 7 hour(s) ago
SAN DIEGO — Speakers at an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting town hall said with the use of AI on the rise in many facets of daily life, one area of adoption that should not be overlooked is in health care.According to the National Academy of Medicine, AI “offers unprecedented opportunities to improve patient and clinical team outcomes, reduce costs and impact
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SAN DIEGO — Results presented here showed focal articular surface replacement may be a viable treatment option for focal articular defects in patients younger than 40 years.“Both [biologics and resurfacing] techniques are applicable to the same patient group, but they are different in terms of how you rehabilitate and how you recover, and the results are similar,” Turlough
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Mashup Score: 2Q&A: Longitudinal Patient Experience allows specialists to enhance overall care pathway - 2 day(s) ago
For more than a decade, CMS has aimed to improve patient outcomes and reduce the overall cost of care by implementing value-based care models.Although it has been believed that primary care should lead value-based care initiatives, musculoskeletal care is a significant driver of higher costs, and previous initiatives focused on total joint arthroplasty have shown reduced cost when the specialist
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The surgical treatment of the disabled throwing shoulder has rapidly evolved. Thanks to many mentors, especially W. Ben Kibler, MD, FACSM, and Thay Q. Lee, PhD, I am eager to share the insights I have gained during the last 3 decades. Before we embrace surgical steps, some basic truths regarding the biceps/superior labrum complex that have served me well are worthy of mention.
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SAN DIEGO — Anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty and reverse shoulder arthroplasty may yield similar outcomes in patients with rotator cuff intact glenohumeral osteoarthritis, according to results presented here.“We have reiterated the fact that an anatomic reconstruction for a total [shoulder] is important, but we do not know what that is or if it is important yet for a
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Mashup Score: 1Platelet-rich plasma may be inferior to corticosteroid injections for knee osteoarthritis - 3 day(s) ago
SAN DIEGO — Results presented here showed intra-articular injections of platelet-rich plasma may be inferior to corticosteroid injections for treatment of mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis. “The take-home message is, let us be honest to our patients. Right now, the literature is still varied in terms of efficacy on PRP. Based on my study, I would argue that it does not show a
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SAN DIEGO — While the percentage of female providers in orthopedics increased from 2018 to 2023, the rate of increase was lower than several other surgical and nonsurgical specialties during the time period, according to presented results.“The problem is that you have this big pool of talent, and you are not effectively drawing from that pool if you only have a small proportion of
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SAN DIEGO — Results showed robotic-guided and CT-navigated pedicle screw placement may significantly improve accuracy and reduce screw-related symptoms and revisions vs. freehand screw placement for adult spinal deformity. Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, MD, chief of spine surgery at NYU Langone Health, and colleagues retrospectively reviewed procedural complexity, complications, 2-year
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Mashup Score: 0Interscalene blocks may have similar analgesic outcomes as interscalene catheters in TSA - 4 day(s) ago
SAN DIEGO — Results showed interscalene blocks with liposomal bupivacaine and single-injection interscalene blocks with dexamethasone may yield similar analgesic outcomes to interscalene catheters with bupivacaine in shoulder arthroplasty.“[These results] can empower someone to choose or utilize their anesthetic of choice based on what their anesthesiologist is recommending, what they
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Mashup Score: 0Trochanteric flip osteotomy for combined Pipkin III, IV femoral head fracture-dislocation - 4 day(s) ago
A 25-year-old woman presented to the hospital as a level 2 trauma activation as the unrestrained driver in a motor vehicle accident. In the trauma bay, she complained of bilateral lower extremity pain.Physical exam was notable for a short and externally rotated right lower extremity. There were no open wounds, and she was neurovascularly intact. Initial trauma slot anteroposterior (AP) radiograph
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Although AI will have an impact in orthopedics, Cory C. Wyles, MD, from @MayoClinic, said it is ‘not a magic bullet.’ https://t.co/9Xw9m2YPew @aaos1 https://t.co/QCmSj04Rkb